Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine;
New American Standard Bible
And a place
King James Version
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Holman Bible
and a place where gold is refined.
International Standard Version
"Surely there are mines for silver and places where gold is refined.
A Conservative Version
Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
American Standard Version
Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
Amplified
And a place where they refine gold.
Bible in Basic English
Truly there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is washed out.
Darby Translation
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;
Julia Smith Translation
For there is a going forth for silver, and a place for gold they will purify it
King James 2000
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they refine it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Indeed, there is a mine for silver and a place {for gold to be refined}.
Modern King James verseion
Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There are places were silver is molten, and where gold is tried;
NET Bible
"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.
New Heart English Bible
"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
The Emphasized Bible
Though there is, for silver, a vein, and a place for the gold they refine;
Webster
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
World English Bible
"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.
Themes
Interlinear
Mowtsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 28:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Discourse On Wisdom
1 Surely there is for silver a source, And a place for the gold they refine; 2 Iron from the dust is taken, And from the firm stone brass.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 2:11-12
the name of the one is Pison, it is that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold is,
Genesis 23:15
My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? -- thy dead bury.'
Genesis 24:22
And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight is a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight is ten bekahs of gold),
1 Kings 7:48-50
And Solomon maketh all the vessels that are in the house of Jehovah: the altar of gold, and the table -- on which is the bread of the Presence -- of gold,
1 Kings 10:21
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon are of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of refined gold -- there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,
1 Chronicles 29:2-5
and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for things of gold, and the silver for those of silver, and the brass for those of brass, the iron for those of iron, and the wood for those of wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all kinds of precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.
Psalm 12:6
Sayings of Jehovah are pure sayings; Silver tried in a furnace of earth refined sevenfold.
Proverbs 17:3
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.
Proverbs 27:21
A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.
Isaiah 48:10
Lo, I have refined thee, and not with silver, I have chosen thee in a furnace of affliction.
Zechariah 13:9
And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, 'My people it is,' And it saith, 'Jehovah is my God!'
Malachi 3:2-3
And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he is as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
1 Peter 1:7
that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,